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<p align=left><font face="Times New Roman" color=#000000 size=2><br> </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>S</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>U</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>B</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>S</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>T</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>I</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>T</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>U</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>T</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>E</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><br> </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>O</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>R</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>D</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>I</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>N</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>A</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>N</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>C</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B><U>E</U></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B> </B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><br><br><br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>WHEREAS</B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>, the distribution of commercial handbills in the City of Chicago, while a legitimate means of advertising goods, services and events, is the cause of a substantial, often overwhelming, amount of litter on the City streets, throughout its neighborhoods, and on the premises of residential dwellings; and <br><br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>WHEREAS</B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>, this large amount of unsightly litter leads to substantial cleanup costs for the City, and diminishes the quality of life and appearance of City neighborhoods;<br><br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>WHEREAS,</B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2> clarifying the responsibility of businesses for making sure that any commercial handbills they use to advertise are distributed in compliance with City ordinances and in a manner that does not exacerbate the associated litter problems will help address these problems; now, therefore:&nbsp; <br><br><br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO:&nbsp; <br></B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><br><br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>SECTION 1</B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>.&nbsp; Chapter 10-8 of the Municipal Code of the City of Chicago is hereby amended by adding the underscored language and deleting the struck-through language, as follows:<br><br>10-8-270&nbsp; Distribution of advertising matter.<br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>a)&nbsp; </U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute</font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>, or to cause others to distribute,&nbsp;</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2> advertising matter of any kind on any public way or other public place of the city </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>in any manner </U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>otherwise than from hand to hand, or to distribute, hand out or scatter on any public way any handbills or dodgers of a size four and one-half inches by six inches or larger, or any other loose sheets of advertising matter which would litter the public ways if allowed to drop thereon; provided, that such handbills, dodgers, or loose sheets, if enclosed in envelopes or folded or otherwise handed out in such a manner as to avoid the likelihood of falling while being passed out, may be distributed from hand to hand if not tossed or thrown. <br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>b)&nbsp; It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, or to cause others to distribute, advertising matter of any kind on any public way or other public place of the city, by distributing more than one handbill per recipient except upon express request.</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>c) Any person violating subsection (a) of this section shall be fined not less than $200.00 or more than $1,000.00 for each offense, and any person violating subsection (b) of this section shall be fined not less than $25.00 or more than $50.00 for each offense.&nbsp; There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any person, business or entity whose goods, services, or activities are promoted in the advertising matter distributed in violation of this section is a person who distributed it or caused it to be distributed.</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><I><br></I></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2> <br>10-8-271 Distribution of advertising </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>matter</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2> on private property.<br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>a) </U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute</font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>, or to cause others to distribute,</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2> advertising matter of any kind on the premises of any </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>multi-unit building </U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>residential dwelling </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>in the city</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2> within the 33rd 43rd, 44th or 47th Wards&nbsp; in such a manner that it does or reasonably could interfere with any security mechanism or cause any safety hazard.&nbsp; Unlawful methods of distribution include, but are not limited to, hanging advertising matter on the doorknob of any </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>locked common </U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>entrance door or </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>gate</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp; fence, placing or wedging advertising matter into or underneath any </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>locked common </U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>entrance door, or leaving </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>a stack of </U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>advertising matter on the floor of </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>common </U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>entranceways.&nbsp; Such distribution shall not be unlawful if it is hand-to-hand or if the property </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>management or </U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>owners have posted express written consent </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>or if the advertising matter is placed in a specific location designated by the property management or owners for the receipt of such matter</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>.&nbsp; Nothing in this section shall apply to written information distributed by governmental agencies or public utilities.<br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>b)&nbsp; It shall be unlawful for any person to distribute, or to cause others to distribute,&nbsp; advertising matter of any kind on the premises of any private property in the city where the owner, occupant or manager has posted a &quot;No Trespassing</U></font><font face="WP TypographicSymbols" size=3><U>@</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U> or &quot;No Soliciting&quot; sign or a substantial equivalent thereof at or near a front entrance in plain view.</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2> </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U><br></U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>c) Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $200.00 or more than $1,000.00 for each offense.&nbsp; </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any person, business or entity whose goods, services, or activities are promoted in the commercial advertising matter distributed in violation of this section is a person who distributed it or caused it to be distributed.</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><br><br>10-8-310&nbsp; Placing advertising matter in automobiles </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>prohibited</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>.<br>No person shall hand circulars, handbills, folders or other advertising matter to the occupants of automobiles operated or standing in the public way </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>or cause others to do so</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>, or place or thrust such circulars, handbills, folders or other advertising matter into or upon or under the windshield wiper of an unoccupied automobile standing in the public way </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>or cause others to do so</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>$200.00 </U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>$25.00 nor more than $200.00 </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>$1,000.00 </U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>for each offense.&nbsp; </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any person, business or entity whose goods, services, or activities are promoted in the commercial advertising matter distributed in violation of this section is a person who distributed it or caused it to be distributed. </U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>Whenever any advertising matter is distributed in violation of any of the provisions of this section, the person whose name appears thereon as the sponsor of such advertising matter shall be prima facie responsible for such violation and subject to the penalty therefor.<br><br>10-8-320&nbsp; Posting bills.<br>a. No person shall post, stick, stamp, tack, paint or otherwise fix, or cause the same to be done by any person, any sign, notice, placard, bill, card, poster, advertisement or other device calculated to attract the attention of the public, to or upon any sidewalk, crosswalk, curb or curbstone, flagstone or any other portion or part of any public way, lamppost, electric light, traffic light, telegraph, telephone or trolley line pole, hydrant, shade tree or tree-box, or upon the piers, columns, trusses, girders, railings, gates or parts of any public bridge or viaduct, or upon any pole box or fixture of the police and fire communications system, except such as may be required by the laws of the state and the ordinances of the city, or on any bus shelter, except that the city may allow the posting of decorative banners in accordance with Section 10-8-340 below.<br>b. There shall be a rebuttable presumption that any person, business or entity whose goods, services, activities or events are promoted by a sign is a person who posted it or caused it to be posted.<br>c. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $50.00 </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>$200.00 </U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>nor more than $150.00 </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>$1,000.00 for each offense </U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>per pole for a first offense, and not less than $200.00 nor more than $600.00 per pole for any subsequent offenses.<br>d. In addition, any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to the city for the cost of repair of any damage caused by the hanging, presence or removal of any such sign and for any and all claims arising out of the hanging, presence or removal of any such sign, including any claims relating to signs or the structures upon which they are hung falling on people or property<br><br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>10-8-325&nbsp; Responsibility for distribution of advertising matter.<br>a) Any person who distributes, or causes to be distributed, any advertising matter promoting his, her or its goods, services, or activities, on the public way or other public place or on the premises of any private property in the city is required to: (1) place the city business license number, where applicable, for the business promoted on all commercial advertising matter prior to any such distribution, and (2) provide each person hired or requested to distribute advertising matter on his, her or its behalf with a summary or copy of the requirements for lawful distribution of advertising matter, set forth in Sections 10-8-270, 10-8-271, 10-8-310, and 10-8-320 of this Code, and to train those persons on adhering to such requirements. <br>b) Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be fined not less than $200.00 or more than $1,000.00 for each offense.&nbsp; <br>c) The department of business affairs and licensing is authorized to suspend or revoke any</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2> </font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>person</U></font><font face="WP TypographicSymbols" size=3><U>=</U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><U>s business license for violations of any of the provisions of this section or of Sections 10-8-270, 10-8-271, 10-8-310, and 10-8-320 of this Code where (1) the licensee is found liable for three or more violations within a 12-month period, or (2) the commissioner of streets and sanitation recommends such license suspension or revocation to the department based on one or more violations deemed egregious by such commissioner.<br></U></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>SECTION 2.</B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2>&nbsp; If any provision, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part of this chapter shall, for any reason, be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or invalid, said judgment shall not affect, impair or invalidate the remainder of this chapter. It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent of the council that this chapter would have been adopted had such unconstitutional or invalid provision, clause, sentence, paragraph, section or part thereof not been included.<br><br><br></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2><B>SECTION 3.</B></font><font face="Times New Roman" size=2> This ordinance is effective upon passage and publication.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br>________________________________&nbsp; &nbsp; ______________________________<br>Virginia Rugai&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Manuel Flores<br>Alderman, 19<SUP>th</SUP> Ward&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Alderman, 1</font><font face="Verdana" size=2><br></font>
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